Spending on most categories of nonresidential and multifamily construction declined from February to March as contractors struggled to find enough workers and get timely deliveries of materials, according to an analysis the AGC released regarding federal spending data.

AGC and Procore Technologies, Inc. announced that they have met their initial fundraising goal of $500,000 for a new scholarship to support minority students studying construction at the nation’s Historically Black Colleges & Universities. Students will begin receiving the scholarship starting in the 2022-23 school year.

Construction employment increased from February 2020—the month before the coronavirus pandemic—to February 2022 in nearly three-fifths of U.S. metro area.

Construction employment dipped by 5,000 jobs between December and January even though hourly pay rose at a record pace in the past year, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government data.

Between October 2020 and October 2021, nearly two out of three U.S. metro areas added construction jobs.

Today AGC, ARTBA. and SWACCA filed a petition for review of OSHA’s new COVID-19 vaccination mandate. 

Rising construction materials prices appear to be starting to drive up the price of construction projects, according to an analysis released by AGC. 

Instead of providing additional resources and support to encourage workers to do the right thing, the Biden administration’s new vaccine mandates will make the challenge of vaccinating more construction professionals harder, based on our initial analysis of the measure.

The construction industry gained 22,000 jobs between August and September as nonresidential construction firms added employees for the first time in six months.

The prices contractors pay for construction materials continued to increase in August while many firms report struggles to get those materials delivered on time.